How the Pentagon is adapting to China’s technological rise
She’s currently taking a break before jumping into her (still unannounced) next act. “It’s been refreshing,” she says—but disconnecting isn’t easy. She continues to monitor...
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The Download: What Trump’s tariffs mean for climate tech
US president Donald Trump’s massive, sweeping tariffs sent global stock markets tumbling yesterday, setting the stage for a worldwide trade war and ratcheting up the...
Cyberattacks by AI agents are coming
Agents are also significantly smarter than the kinds of bots that are typically used to hack into systems. Bots are simple automated programs that run...
Trump’s tariffs will deliver a big blow to climate tech
“It would be hard for me to think of cleantech or climate tech sectors that aren’t facing huge risks,” says Noah Kaufman, senior research scholar...
The Download: Dethroning SpaceX, and air-conditioning’s energy demands
SpaceX is a space launch juggernaut. In just two decades, the company has managed to edge out former aerospace heavyweights Boeing, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman...
We should talk more about air-conditioning
Another piece of this whole thing: It’s not just about how much total electricity we need to run air conditioners but about when that demand...
Rivals are rising to challenge the dominance of SpaceX
Some of these companies are taking aim at SpaceX’s Falcon 9, which can lift as much as 20,000 kilograms into orbit and is used for...
The machines are rising — but developers still hold the keys
This means software developers are going to become more important to how the world builds and maintains software. Yes, there are many ways their practices...
The Download: how to make better cooling systems, and farming on Mars
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How 3D printing...
How 3D printing could make better cooling systems
“Heat exchangers are at the center of the industrial economy. They’re an essential part of every machine and every system that moves energy,” says William...